Prevalence of Escherichia coli virulence genes in patients with diarrhea and a subpopulation of healthy volunteers in Madrid, Spain

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Cabal, Adriana ^a,b   García Castillo, María ^c,d   Cantón, Rafael ^c,d   Gortázar, Christian ^b   Domínguez, Lucas ^a   Álvarez, Julio ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; E. coli; Pathotypes; Prevalence; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; HARBOR VIRULENCE GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84973532465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00641     Document Type: Article

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